Medical Engineering

MSc Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

This exciting course was developed in response to increasing demand in this emerging discipline and is run by the medical engineering research team, which is an integral part of the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Group at Bradford.

The Medical Engineering teaching team includes Professor Clive Beggs (microbiology, biophysics and tissue engineering), Professor Simon Shepherd (biophysics and genomics), Dr Peter Twigg (biomaterials and biomechanics), Dr Mansour Youseffi (biomaterials) and Dr John Buckley (gait analysis, biomechanics and visual performance). The team has close research ties with clinicians at hospitals in Bradford, Leeds and Harrogate.

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Semester 1 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 3 x (O) Modules):

• Major PG Diploma Project (30 Credits) (C)
• Biomaterials† (10 Credits) (O)
• Design Optimisation (10 Credits) (O)
• Genomic Coding (10 Credits) (O)
• Medical Ethics and Regulations† (10 Credits) (O)
• Tissue Engineering and Wound Repair (10 Credits) (O)

Semester 2 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 3 x (O) Modules):

• Major PG Diploma Project (30 Credits) (C)
• Clinical Biomechanics (10 Credits) (O)
• Clinical Signals (10 Credits) (O)
• Finite Element Methods (10 Credits) (O)
• Infection Control (10 Credits) (O)
• Medical Instrumentation and Imaging† (10 Credits) (O)
• Rehabilitation Engineering (10 Credits) (O)
• Risk Management (10 Credits) (O)

Stage 3 (60 or 70 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 1 x (O) Module)

• MSc Project (80 Credits) (C)
• Wireless Technology in Healthcare (10 Credits) (O)**

** Students wishing to take the module ‘Wireless Technology in Healthcare’ in Stage 3 can only take 20 Credits from Semester 2 Option modules

Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course